Euro 2024 final will influence Community Shield

Now the dust has settled, after England’s victory in the Euro 2024 semi-finals yesterday, it’s time to look at the consequences from this result. On Sunday Spain and England are going to play the final in Berlin. On the same time, all English clubs already started their preseason for the new Premier League season. Of course, they are missing a bunch of their players with the Euro’s heading towards the end. While the fans of the national team are very busy booking their Euro final tickets, we also see a lot of Manchester City and Manchester United fans on the website. With their teams back on the trainings pitch, the fans are eager to find the best Community Shield tickets. In this article we look at the influence the Euro 2024 final has on the Community Shield.

Influence on Manchester United

Erik ten Hag’s team is busy in training, but definitely not with the entire squad. Luke Shaw and Kobbie Mainoo are currently their only two players still in the tournament. With the Community Shield taking place on the 10th of August, there is a gap of 4 weeks between the final and the start of the new season. The players will get at least two weeks to recover after the final, which means they’ve got only two weeks to prepare for the new season. It’s very likely the players from the final won’t start this match. At the same time the club is working hard to get some new signigns in. Manuel Ugarte, who just got kicked out of the Copa America with Uruguay and Mathijs de Ligt plus Joshua Zirkzee, who both got eliminated by England in the Euro’s, are all high on the list.

Influence on Manchester City

Manchester City has some more players still in the tournament. John Stones, Kyle Walker, and Phil Foden are going to play their teammate Rodri in Berlin on Sunday. For important stakeholders for Pep Guardiola are likely going to miss the Community Shield. At the same time Man City is also working on transfers, but it’s still unknown which names are on the top of their list.